Tag: jail break
Correctional facilities in Nigerian now red zones – Aregbesola
The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola said this when he was featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
#EndSARS: Why I spent over 2 years in jail without trial – Benin Prison escapee
By Nehru Odeh The revelations of an unidentified escapee from the latest Benin jail break have brought to the fore…
219 escape, 3 killed in bloody jail break
A total of 219 inmates have escaped from a prison in Uganda's northeastern district of Moroto, a prison spokesperson said…
Failed jail break: Nigeria Prisons Service chief visits Edo command
The Deputy Controller-General of Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) in charge of Operations, DCG Aremu Tajudeen, said the organisation had evolved…
Minna Jail Break: I have not condemned any criminal – Gov
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Monday refuted allegations that the Sunday night attack by some gunmen on Minna Medium…
Jail break: Police begin hunt for 200 escaped prisoners
The Police in Niger, said on Monday it had taken measures to ensure the arrest of the 200 prisoners that…
No jail break in Bauchi prisons – NPS
The Nigeria Prisons Service, Bauchi State Command, on Sunday refuted speculations of attempted jail-break at the Bauchi Central Prisons. In…
Jail break: 15 allegedly escapes from Nsukka prison
No fewer than 15 inmates were believed to have escaped from Nsukka Prison in Enugu state in a jail-break that…
FLASH: Attempted jail break busted in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Daring gunmen made a botched attack on Port Harcourt Prisons in the Rivers State Capital today. The…
Inquest ordered into failed Warri jail break, …heads to roll
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Sequel to the failed jail break and riot at the federal prisons in Warri, Delta state on…
Jail break averted in Warri
Security operatives in Warri on Saturday barricaded the vicinity of the Okere Prison yard to forestall possible jail break by…
Jail Breaks: Commandant wants collaboration between Prisons, state govts
Alhaji Hassan Shema, the Commandant, Prisons Armed Squad Training School in Owerri, has underscored the need for closer collaboration between…
Curbing Incessant Jail Breaks
The recent attacks and jail break in the country have clearly shown the security lapses in prisons across the country.…
Three inmates escape Quebec jail on helicopter
Three prisoners, deemed extremely dangerous by police, have broken out of a Canadian jail in a helicopter, local media reported,…
Niger admits terrorists escape from Niamey Prison
Several “terrorists” were among 22 inmates who escaped a prison in the Niger capital Niamey during unrest in which three…
Aborted jailbreak by terrorists in Niamey
Inmates in Niamey’s main prison killed two guards Saturday, officials said, a week after twin suicide bombings claimed 20 lives…
Prisons officials arrange detainee’s escape from custody
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A Nigerian Prisons Inspector, Peter Okhanugo, has allegedly facilitated the escape of an inmate of the Federal Medium…
Jail Break: 2 Inmates Recaptured
Two of the 11 inmates of the Government Remand Home, Sapele who escaped last week have been arrested and returned…
Gunmen break Nigerian jail, free 170 inmates
Latest news reports said gunmen suspected to be either militants of the Boko Haram sect or members of a criminal…
20 prisoners bolt away from Sagamu prison
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Twenty inmates of the Nigerian prison in Sagamu, Ogun State, Western Nigeria have escaped. Prison authorities claimed…
4 prisoners escape in Nigerian jail break
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two prisoners of the Federal Prisons in Ahoada in Nigeria’s Rivers state were killed yesterday in a…
Oko Prisons Escape: Comptroller Blasts Police boss
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo State Commissioner of Police, Olayinka Balogun on Monday has come under the criticism of the State Comptroller…
Benin Jail Break: We’re Yet To Know What Happened — Prison Boss
Assistant Controller General (Operations) of Nigeria Prisons, Nuhu Zuru, on Wednesday paid a working visit to the federal minimum prisons,…
Gunmen storm Nigerian prison, 12 escape
Jethro Ibileke/ Benin Gunmen have stormed the Oko Minimum Prison on the outskirts of Benin City, west of Nigeria. They…